Anna's Shtetl Book

Contents Preface....................ix
Acknowledgments....................xiii
Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation....................xvii
1. The Two Shevchenkos....................1
2. The Town....................9
3. Grandmother Beyla....................11
4. Grandfather Avrum....................18
5. Aaron and Leya....................26
6. The Surprise (1914-1916)....................31
7. The Marketplace....................34
8. Nobility and Obscurity....................41
9. At Alta's House (1916-1917)....................47
10. Anna's Prize (1916-1917)....................54
11. Between Gentile and Jew....................60
12. Cousin Zavl....................68
13. Leya the Smuggler (1917-1919)....................73
14. The First Pogrom (March 1-8, 1918)....................81
15. The Aftermath (March 1918)....................89
16. The Germans Occupy Korsun (1918)....................93
17. Fall and Winter in Prewar Korsun....................102
18. The Worst Winter (1918-1919)....................106
19. Spring and Summer in Prewar Korsun....................118
20. Spring and Summer (1919)....................122
21. The Third Pogrom (August 13-26, 1919)....................128
22. How to Tell a Sollop....................135
23. The Two Korsuns....................138
24. Moscow (1919-1921)....................146
25. Petrograd (1921)....................159
Epilogue....................170
Appendix A. Shtetl Influences....................175
Appendix B. The Shtetl Memoir....................183
Appendix C. How True to Reality Is Anna's Shtetl?....................187
Appendix D. Material fromSources Other Than Anna 195 Notes....................199
Bibliography....................223
Index....................233